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5/13/2008 - Sagemont Lower School Holds Skate-a-thon to Raise Money for Cancer Research at UM/Sylvester
Event Held in Memory of Jonathan Laskin Davie FL - May 13, 2008 - More than three dozen students at Sagemont Lower School in Weston are not old enough to be left alone, but are learning a grown-up lesson in giving back. They held a skate-a-thon . . .

5/13/2008 - UM Miller School of Medicine 53rd Commencement: 150 Medical Students Become the Newest Alumni
With pomp and ceremony befitting the joyous occasion, 150 medical students took the walk across the BankUnited Center stage on Saturday to be hooded, shake hands with faculty members, pose for pictures with Dean Goldschmidt and President . . .

5/12/2008 - Papanicolaou Corps For Cancer Research Donates Largest Gift Ever!
Miami FL – May 12, 2008 – The 19,000 member Papanicolaou Corps for Cancer Research today announced its largest, record-breaking gift of $4.15 million to fund cancer research at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer . . .

5/12/2008 - Miller School and College of Engineering Launch Series of Meetings Aimed at Forging Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Groundbreaking scientific discoveries are often the result of great minds working together, channeling different strengths toward solving a single problem. But even in academia, where experts in a variety of disciplines work in close . . .

5/2/2008 - Expo Highlights Latest in Complementary Medicine
Hundreds of healthcare professionals, and Miller School students, faculty and staff filled the lobby, spa and group fitness areas of the Medical Wellness Center on April 29 for the first-ever Integrative Medicine Symposium and Expo. . . .

5/1/2008 - UM/Sylvester Hosts Annual Cancer Research Competition and Lecture Featuring MIT Professor Dr. Tyler Jacks
The University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center hosted the ninth annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture and Cancer Research Poster Competition on Thursday, May 1. This year’s lecture was presented by Tyler Jacks, Ph.D., the David H. Koch . . .

5/1/2008 - UM Researchers Receive Approval to Begin Stem Cell Trial Using BioCardia Catheter to Treat Heart Failure
Stem cell researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine continue to blaze scientific trails with another first.  They have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a study using a Helical Infusion . . .

4/30/2008 - UM/Sylvester Scientist Identifies Proteins Linked to Inflammation and Cancer
Miami, FL – April 30, 2008 -- Edward W. Harhaj, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, co-authored a study that identified a complex set of proteins essential . . .

4/30/2008 - Miller School's Caralis, Morgan Honored for Excellence in Teaching
Robert H. Morgan, EdD., slipped on his green and white court jester’s hat and began to sing a verse from Mariah Carey’s Hero , swaying his arms and moving about the room as if he were a glider. His one-minute song-and-dance act, . . .

4/30/2008 - Miller School’s Mark T. O’Connell, M.D. Receives Faculty Senate’s Annual Outstanding Teaching Award
When Mark T. O’Connell, M.D., and Paul Dee began working at the University of Miami some 25 years ago, neither man focused on educating and mentoring students. O’Connell became part of the Miller School faculty in 1982 and spent much . . .

4/29/2008 - University of Miami Health System is Getting Exposure Across Campus and Around South Florida
The public roll-out of South Florida’s only university health system began with a spectacular event in the Schoninger Research Quadrangle on April 15.  Not only was UHealth unveiled before a special gathering of Miller School . . .

4/28/2008 - University of Miami Health System to Host Women's Health Day
The week of May 11-17 has been designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health as a time when families, communities, businesses, government, health organizations and other groups work together to educate . . .

4/25/2008 - University of Miami Hospital Doctors Implant Heart Valves Through Minimally Invasive Procedure
Hospital is only Florida site where the alternative to open-heart surgery clinical trial is available A few days after a revolutionary minimally invasive heart procedure was performed at University of Miami Hospital, the two patients were . . .

4/25/2008 - Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Receives Humanitarian Award
Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health, received the 2008 Margaret Ann Aitcheson Humanitarian Award for his visionary commitment to advancing  mental health research during a ceremony on April 16 at the . . .

4/23/2008 - Foundation’s Largesse Boosts Human Genetics
The Miller School’s burgeoning reputation in human genomics rose a few more notches Monday, buoyed by the same philanthropic ally that helped usher the school into the realm of genetics research eight years ago. The Dr. John T. Macdonald . . .

4/22/2008 - UM/Sylvester Presented Community with the Gift of Well Being
Cancer Center Hosted Inaugural Well Being/Being Well Conference April 22, 2008 Featured Keynote Speakers: Deepak Chopra, Renowned Mind and Body Authority Donna Shalala, UM President and Health Care Expert Miami, FL – April 22, 2008 – . . .

4/17/2008 - Miller School Doctors Conduct First-Of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial Using Stem Cells to Treat Heart Failure
In the continuation of a cutting-edge series of clinical trials researching the use of stem cells to treat heart disease, Miller School of Medicine physicians and scientists announced on Wednesday that for the first time a patient underwent a . . .

4/9/2008 - Hazards to Human Health: Experts Present the Latest Information on Climate Change and its Impact on Humans
Glacial melting, rising sea levels, heavier rainfalls and more intense heat waves are all unequivocal signs of climate change that point to a planet in peril. But it is more than the Earth’s health that is at stake. Changing environmental . . .

4/2/2008 - Pesticide Exposure Increases Parkinson Disease Risk
Researchers, led by William Scott, Ph.D., from the Morris K. Udall Parkinson Research Center of Excellence and the Miami Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have identified possible links between . . .

3/31/2008 - After a Severe Spinal Cord Injury, former UM and NFL Athlete, Kevin Everett, Walks Tall on Visit to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
For a man many believed would never walk again, former Hurricane and NFL player Kevin Everett stood tall on the Miller School’s campus Friday during a visit to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He was there to announce the launch of the . . .

3/28/2008 - Miller School Hosts Locks of Love Alopecia Symposium
Several parties trying to understand a baffling medical condition convened at the Miller School on Wednesday, as part of a collaborative search for answers. The occasion was the Locks of Love Second Annual Alopecia Symposium, which took place . . .

3/26/2008 - Miller School Launches UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, a New Name for Quality, Comprehensive Health Care
With celebratory events at the Miller School of Medicine and the University of Miami Hospital, UM officially launched the University of Miami Health System, also known as UHealth, the new name covering South Florida’s only comprehensive . . .

3/26/2008 - Miller School Launches UHealth – the University of Miami Health System, a New Name for Quality, Comprehensive Health Care
With celebratory and educational events at the Miller School of Medicine and the University of Miami Hospital, UM officially launched the University of Miami Health System, also known as UHealth, the new name covering South Florida’s only . . .

3/25/2008 - Unprecedented Surgery Performed at UM/JMH Transplant Institute
Ten months ago, 63-year-old Brooke Zepp was told by her doctors that the tumor buried deep in her abdomen was inoperable. They gave her six months to live. Today she will be discharged from Jackson Memorial Hospital after a history-making . . .

3/21/2008 - Well Being/Being Well Sponsors Set Standard of Community Excellence
Macy’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLP BNY Mellon MetroBank Deutsche Bank The Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald . . .